Here's the fight video of Manon Fiorot vs Erin Blanchfield from last night's UFC show in Atlantic City. This fight is at Flyweight and it's a five round main event. The winner gets a title shot. Manon is 34 years old from Nice, France. Her coach is Aldric Cassata. She's the 2017 IMMAF World Champion. She's 6-0 in the UFC. Manon is a great striker and like Joanna Jedrzejczyk, she is very difficult to take down. Erin is 24 years old from Elmwood Park, NJ. She trains at MK Muay Thai. She's 6-0 in the UFC. She has a strong ground game. Erin was the home town favorite and she was also the betting favorite. Her big problem was trying to take Manon down. Manon has a big size advantage. Plus she's always well prepared. The bottom line is Manon pitched a shutout. Erin couldn't take her down. Manon took Erin down in round one. Erin turned it into a guillotine. So Manon could have taken her down again. But her strategy was to keep it standing and keep Erin at a distance and win by decision. Manon executed it perfectly. When Erin returned to her corner between rounds, they couldn't help her. I believe Erin and her coaches underestimated Manon. She seemed poorly prepared. All three judges scored the fight 50-45 for Manon. Manon said during the week that she would wait for the title shot. Cassata might want her to take a fight just to keep active. We'll see. She looked great last night. Enjoy the video!
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